HMS Victory
Shown at the organisation’s headquarters. It was mentioned on the show, but not as a specific place, so the pin marks its home base.
About HMS Victory
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line. With 248 years of service as of 2026, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission. She was ordered for the Royal Navy in 1758, during the Seven Years' War, and laid down in 1759. That year saw British victories at Quebec, Minden, Lagos and Quiberon Bay and these may have influenced the choice of name when it was selected in October the following year. In particular, the action in Quiberon Bay had a profound effect on the course of the war; severely weakening the French Navy and shifting its focus away from the sea. There was therefore no urgency to complete the ship and the signing of the Treaty of Paris in February 1763 meant that when Victory was finally floated out in 1765, she was placed in ordinary. Her construction had taken 6,000 trees, 90% of them oak.
On the show · 6 mentions total
HMS Victory took 6,000 trees to build, and Nelson was appalled to find much of the timber unavailable, with merchants refusing him wood and charcoal burners having ruined the rest of the forest.
from 162: No Such Thing As Catastrophic Shoelaces · read transcript
More facts about HMS Victory
On HMS Victory, Thomas Whipple arrived on deck and died almost immediately, killed not by a cannonball striking him but by the shockwave as it passed.
162: No Such Thing As Catastrophic Shoelaces · listen
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162: No Such Thing As Catastrophic Shoelaces put 2 places on the map.
- Siberia · Russia
Coordinates: 50.8019, -1.1097